A study commissioned by the IDIS Foundation compares the perception of the citizens of four EU states with respect to their healthcare systems, revealing that they fail in most of the parameters evaluated.
A study commissioned by the IDIS Foundation compares the perception of the citizens of four EU states with respect to their healthcare systems. The result reveals that they fail in most of the parameters evaluated, with the area of quality leading the table in all cases with a minimum pass mark.
Patients in Germany, France, Portugal and Spain have very different healthcare models, but they all agree on their strengths and weaknesses. In all four cases, quality care is the most highly rated aspect, while the innovative and technological dimension of the healthcare systems, as well as the adequacy of their financing, are the worst rated characteristics. This is the result of a study carried out by Sigma Dos, commissioned by the IDIS Foundation and presented at the headquarters of the European Commission in Madrid, based on 6,000 surveys carried out between February 28 and March 24 using the cawi methodology (computer-assisted online interview).
"To prepare the comparative analysis and draw conclusions, we have taken as a reference the Social and Healthcare Welfare Index (IBS), that is, a weighted arithmetic average based on the scores assigned by the respondents to each of the ten areas on which we have focused," said Marta Villanueva, Director General of the IDIS Foundation, during the presentation of the study. Thus, respondents rated nine dimensions: quality care; patient focus; relationship with professionals; collaborative –degree of public-private participation–; equitable; efficiency; innovative and technological; transparency; and adequacy of financing.
Accompanied by Rosa Díaz, Managing Director of Sigma Dos, Villanueva outlined some of the main conclusions of the report: "The average for the four countries reveals that citizens fail in almost all the parameters studied, with quality – with 50.13 points – and patient focus – with 47.89 – leading the table, while financing – with 39.49 – and innovation – with 41.08 – close the ranking," she said. The IBS by country places the French model as the most appreciated by its patients with 48.37 points, compared to the 44.38 average of the four states. After France, the German system obtained 44.39 points, Spain 44.06 and Portugal 40.71: all of them below the pass mark.
By areas, in Germany the best rated are quality (53.77) and patient focus (50.57), while adequately financed (39.62) and collaborative (39.92) have the worst scores. In Spain, quality (48.36) and transparency (46.01) lead the ranking, while innovation and technology (41.49) and financing (36.33) come in last. The French model also approves quality (52.1), as well as the relationship with professionals (52.0), with innovation and technology (45.2) and collaboration (43.6) coming in worst. Finally, in Portugal the two parameters with the highest scores are, once again, quality (46.29) and transparency (44.54), and those with the lowest scores are financing (36.59) and innovation and technology (36.46).
For Villanueva, these "low scores" indicate "numerous areas for improvement". In her view, "health systems can no longer be squeezed, but must be rebuilt because they have been consumed. To do this, European leadership is essential". Adrián Lasa, Head of Communication and Information at the European Commission Representation in Spain, who hosted the presentation of the report, also offered his point of view: "It is essential to make progress in the EU for health, focusing on three objectives such as preparing to prevent future health crises, making the healthcare systems of the member states more resilient through digital transformation and new technologies, and supporting mental health by putting it on a par with physical health," he said during his speech.
Source: eldiario.es.
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